Universities: M.I.T. and the Pentagon

In the days when wars were simple and
considered justthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a proud
developer of U.S. weaponry. As a patriotic duty in World War II, for
instance, the school's electronics wizards perfected the radar that
foiled Hitler's bombers. Now duty has become a Faustian dilemma. In
the age of antiwar dissent, M.I.T. still gets more money from the
Pentagon$108 million last year than any other U.S. university. The
result has thrust M.I.T. to the forefront of a growing national debate:
What role, if any, shall universities play in...